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BlueTrain ![]() whiskered ![]() Joined: 17 Jul 2012 Location: Northern Virgin Status: Offline Points: 696 |
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You can't always rely on an old saying.
"He who hesitates is lost." But "Look before you leap." I used to live in the country and one very curious word I heard was "whopper-jawed." Not quite sure what it means; maybe "bent out of shape." My late father-in-law would occasionally use the exclamation "Gosh all fishhooks," one of his milder ones. But I once heard it in a pre-war movie.
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BlueTrain ![]() whiskered ![]() Joined: 17 Jul 2012 Location: Northern Virgin Status: Offline Points: 696 |
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Here's something else that a re-reading of this thread reminded me of.
During WWII, Americans in Great Britain were sometimes referred to as Yanks (overpaid, oversexed and over here!). But Americans from the South generally resented the term, I'm told. To foreigners, a Yankee (we don't say Yanks) is an American To Americans, a Yankee is a Northerner. To Northerners, a Yankee is an Easterner. To Easterners, a Yankee is a New Englander. To New Englanders, a Yankee is a Vermonter To Vermonters, a Yankee is someone who eats pie for breakfast. (Credit goes to E. B. White). I am embarrassed to report that when visiting the U.K. a few years ago, I had a great deal of trouble understanding people sometimes and had to ask them to repeat themselves. But a few people spoke perfectly understandable (to me) English. One was Ukrainian, the others German). I had little trouble when we reached Scotland, although I eventually realized that no one was speaking to me.
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Bob Dale ![]() whiskered ![]() GRAIL Joined: 16 Jan 2012 Location: Tulsa , America Status: Offline Points: 999 |
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Not old , but i heard it for the first time the other day and was tickled.
"I'd rather shit in my hands and clap them together than ..." |
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Maynard Fried-San ![]() whiskered ![]() anonymous Joined: 21 Jan 2012 Location: Londinium Status: Offline Points: 17210 |
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Than what?
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Helixing my inner beanie
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Bob Dale ![]() whiskered ![]() GRAIL Joined: 16 Jan 2012 Location: Tulsa , America Status: Offline Points: 999 |
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Something undesirable, in this instance it was interact with a rather difficult colleague.
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